Monday, March 19, 2012

Some news about Kim Dotcom........

Here some news about Kim Dotcom ...it seems some things went totally wrong by the NZ authorities......Lets hope the best for Kim !quote
Police made 'errors' during raid on Megaupload boss

A police blunder could mean luxury
cars, giant TVs and jewellery seized during a police raid will be returned to
Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom.

The property was confiscated during a dawn raid on the New Zealand home of
the file-sharing site's owner.

A New Zealand judge has now ruled that the court order used to justify the
seizure should never have been granted.

The raid led to the closure of Megaupload and seizure of the web domains it
used.

Judge Judith Potter said the court order should now be considered "null and
void".Paper trail
On 20 January, police in New Zealand swooped on the £20m mansion in Auckland
where Kim Dotcom, boss of Megaupload, lived with his family.

The raid was carried out at the request of US authorities who accuse Mr
Dotcom (formerly Schmitz) and his business partners of using Megaupload to
engage in large scale copyright theft.

The defendants have denied the charges and said they were diligent in
policing Megaupload for any content that violated copyright laws.

Luxury cars, jet skis, jewellery and other assets were confiscated during the
January raid even though it now emerges that paperwork justifying the seizure
was incorrectly filed.

The seizure left Mr Dotcom briefly unable to mount a legal defence.

Web domains belonging to
Megaupload have been seized and shut down

Government and police in New Zealand have admitted making "procedural errors"
when they filed the paperwork.

Mr Dotcom's legal team have seized on the errors saying the initial asset
grab was "unlawful" and, as a result, his property should be returned.

A hearing was scheduled after the government admitted making five separate
mistakes on its first court order. During that hearing Judge Potter ruled that
the original paperwork had no legal power.

Alongside documents laying bare the mistake, the New Zealand government filed
a second request seeking to confiscate the assets already seized during the
raid. This paperwork also sought to confiscate more assets uncovered using
evidence found during the original raid.

Judge Potter granted this order temporarily and said she would soon rule
whether the blunder would mean Mr Dotcom's assets would be returned to him.unqoute